---
slug: table-shortcode-for-hugo
title: "Table Shortcode for Hugo"
date: "2021-10-25T18:29:42-04:00"
---
I just posted [`hugo-shortcode-table`][git], a [shortcode][] for
[Hugo][] which allows you to generate [CSS][]-only (no inline `style`
attributes) tables.

**Features:**
* Much more powerful than built-in [Markdown][] table syntax.
* Emits [CSS][] classes for alignment rather than inline `style`
  attributes (no more `style-src unsafe-inline`).
* Table can be defined as [front matter][front matter] or [site data][].
* Column tooltips.
* Cell-specific overrides (alignment, tooltip, etc).
* [HTML][] and [Markdown][] markup support.
* Easy to configure emitted [CSS][] classes for a variety of frameworks,
  including [Bulma][] and [Bootstrap][].

**Links:**
* [Github Repository][git]
* [Documentation and Examples][doc]

[site data]: https://gohugo.io/templates/data-templates/#the-data-folder
  "Site data directory."
[front matter]: https://gohugo.io/content-management/front-matter/
  "Hugo page metadata."
[css]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS
  "Cascading Style Sheets"
[bulma]: https://bulma.io/
  "Bulma CSS framework."
[bootstrap]: https://getbootstrap.com/
  "Bootstrap CSS framework."
[json]: https://json.org/
  "JavaScript Object Notation"
[yaml]: https://yaml.org/
  "YAML Ain't a Markup Language"
[toml]: https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
  "Tom's Obvious Markup Language"
[hugo]: https://gohugo.io/
  "Hugo static site generator"
[goldmark]: https://github.com/yuin/goldmark/
  "Goldmark Markdown renderer."
[html]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
  "HyperText Markup Language"
[markdown]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
  "Markdown markup language"
[doc]: {{< relref "articles/table-shortcode-examples.md" >}}
  "Table shortcode documentation and examples."
[git]: https://github.com/pablotron/hugo-shortcode-table
  "hugo-shortcode-table github repository"
[shortcode]: https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/
  "Hugo shortcode"